Homer O. and Mary B. Wilson House ~ 1954
aka: The Turner House
Contributing Building
1954
This one-story house is brick veneered with a decorative basket-weave brick pattern above the entrance, windows, and at water table height. It has a low hipped roof, a south side brick chimney, and a carport under an extended hipped roof on the south side. The south two bays of the three-bay façade are recessed beneath the hipped roof of the house, creating a narrow porch with decorative metal posts and railing. Brick steps lead to the porch. The center-bay entrance has a door with a fanlight. A three-part window to the right of the entrance has a large, four-light center section flanked by narrow one-over-one sash windows. Other windows are two-over two sash. The Reverend Homer Wilson and his wife, Mary, appear to have been the first occupants of the house, purchasing it in January 1955. They lived here until 1973. Homer Wilson and John Hart, of 135 Harmon Avenue, were instrumental in having Harmon Avenue paved, converting it from a boulevard to a two-lane street. (TR, CD, HOC)
~ LAWP
block / lot(s)
1874 / 037 and 038
owner ~ purchase date
Lettie Billings ~ no date listed
C E Largen ~ 2/4/1928
L V Scott, Jr for N C Hines ~ 1/11/1930
J E Hines ~ 8/8/1936
J W Grogan, Jr ~ 12/8/1939
J Z Pfaff and w/Bess L ~ 1/31/1942
*W U Matthews and w/Erna ~ 6/15/1954
Homer O Wilson and w/Mary B ~ 1/17/1955
Benjamin F Turner and w/Martha ~ 3/13/1973
Janis Myers Morrison ~ 7/27/1977
Janis M Krebs ~ 1/1/1983
Carl D Krebs and w/Janis 11/18/1986
Janis M Krebs ~ 1/1/1992
Michelle Ovnic ~ 7/31/1998
Oak Crest Financial LLC ~ 4/27/2007
Williams Development Group, Llc ~ 4/7/2015
Homesley, John/Homesley, Alana ~ 3/15/2018
Four Homes Llc ~ 5/3/2019
Last updated: July 2021
History
Homer and Mary Wilson lived in this house from 1955 - 73. He and John Hart were instrumental in getting Harmon paved, which changed it from the boulevard to a single street.
Ben and Sue Fox Turner lived here from 1973 - 77. Ben had two children from a previous marriage, Benji and Kelly. His wife, Sue, was the daughter of W C & Kathleen Fox who lived at 1317 Polo Rd, which is where Sue grew up.
~ KTS